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From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User)
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Subject: Re: RE: piracy
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Date: 13 Nov 89 03:01:36 GMT
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In article <8911121022.AA17345@trout.nosc.mil> sschneider@pro-exchange.cts.com (The RainForest BBS) writes:
> just because it's harder to get caught
>(if ever) and the penalties are minor doesn't make it any different from
>stealing a car because you can't afford the one you want... Grow up.
>

	It's a LOT different from stealing a car. When you steal a car,
the original owner does not have the car anymore. When you copy software,
the person with the original unit of software {purposely didn't say
"owner" heh heh} still exists.

	I do not feel guilty in copying garbage software like Gauntlet GS.
Only in the past few months have I felt guilty for giving software a
"test drive" (that's sort of how I perceive it) unless it's really good
software. I have felt a little guilty about things like Copy II Plus,
Xenocide, and ProTERM and am in the process of finding the cheapest mail
order prices for them to buy them. Sort of for Arkanoid (I and II) too.
Those are the -only- pieces of software that I have found WORTHY enough
of being paid for in about 5 years of computing. Oh, I forgot. I bought
Pharaoh's Revenge for $5 by a deal I saw in A+ a few months
before A+ died. The other things I try out then delete when I get bored
of them. I will buy Ultima V GS if it ever comes out... It was advertized
at AppleFest SF --88--..

	When I find more software that is so useful and well made that 
I use it very often, I will pay for it. Otherwise, I don't feel I'm
doing anything IMMORAL whatsoever. It's technically illegal, but not
immoral. That's a lot different. (Just like some other person mentioned
pot... He doesn't think that's immoral even though it's illegal. Just
for the record, I feel it's immoral AND we know it's illegal).
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